Dramatic full trailer released for final series of You

The final series lands in April

Author: Georgie HollandPublished 10th Mar 2025
Last updated 10th Mar 2025

Netflix's psychological thriller series You will be returning for a fifth and final season, with fans preparing to welcome the infamous Joe Goldberg back onto their screens. With the streaming platform revealing that we will see Joe RETURN to New York City - where it all began - actor Penn Badgley is officially back in action, with Netflix now confirming the start date!

With super fan Cardi B teasing that the brand new trailer left her 'shook', and Netflix gifting us with some intriguing first-look pictures of the upcoming season, it's fair to say excitement is at an all-time high. Here's everything you need to know about You series five...

When does it come out?

Taking to social media in January, Netflix bosses wrote: 'every story must come to an end. the fifth and final season of YOU premieres 24 April, only on Netflix 🩸'. (sic)

Unlike the previous series, it sounds like series five will be released in one part.

Netflix confirmed last August that production was complete on the final series, writing: 'YOU has officially wrapped production on its final season 🧢'.

First look images of the fifth series of Netflix's You:

Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg and Charlotte Ritchie as Kate Lockwood

Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg

Madeline Brewer as Bronte and Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg

Charlotte Ritchie as Kate and Griffin Matthews as Teddy

Anna Camp as Kate’s twin sister Maddie Lockwood

Anna Camp as Reagan and Maddie Lockwood, and Pete Ploszek as Reagan’s husband Harrison

Griffin Matthews as Kate’s brother Teddy Lockwood

Charlotte Ritchie as Kate Lockwood

Madeline Brewer as Bronte

You series 5

Is there a trailer?

Date announcement trailer:

The first teaser trailer for series five landed on Thursday 16th January 2025, revealing the start date. The taster shows main character Joe Goldberg recapping his past victims over the last five series, before revealing he's returned to New York City, and his old stomping ground Mooney's.

Netflix say of the final series: 'Will Joe Goldberg finally get his judgment day? Fans of the beloved thriller will soon know more about Joe’s fate when YOU returns for a fifth and final season.'

Teaser trailer:

Bosses then released a teaser clip on Thursday 30th January, showing Joe inside of his famous glass box.

Full length trailer:

After months of waiting, the official full length trailer dropped at 1pm on Monday 10th March, leaving fans truly speechless! The two minute, 34-second trailer was captioned with: 'All eyes on you, Joe Goldberg. The killer final season of YOU premieres April 24th, only on Netflix.'

The trailer shows Joe back in New York City and after seeing the drama, fans were quick to express their excitement for the fifth and final series.

One wrote: 'This is gonna be the best season yet!', with another adding: 'This Trailer cooked 🔥🙏'. A third commented: 'Can’t wait can’t wait can’t wait!!!😍'. (sic)

Watch the series 5 You full length trailer below:

What will happen in the new series?

Although we don't yet have any information on the upcoming plot for the fifth and final season, we have had dribs and drabs of information in the meantime, including two brand new cast members. Last year, lead actor Penn - who understandable has a pretty good insight into what we can expect - gave us a huge teaser to amp up the excitement.

Without giving too much away, Penn said: "You're considering what, or should I say, who, Joe will come up against as he finally returns to New York. Though I can't say who just yet, we all know there are many loose ends from Joe's past."

As Penn teased the epic return of a former 'loose end' from previous seasons, the clip showed snippets of characters such as Marienne, Dr. Nicky, Karen, Paco, Joe's son Henry, Ellie, Cary, Sherry, Lady Phoebe and Nadia.

Rounding the clip off with another tease, Penn confirmed that we will be heading back to the bookshop Joe used to work in, which saw the sad fate of his former love Beck - simply adding: "I'll see you in Mooney's".

Who will return in season five?

Despite it looking like we'll see the return of a pretty major character from Joe's past, it's safe to say that your guess is as good as ours when it comes to who it may be. As Penn put it himself, Joe Goldberg has quite a number of loose ends.

As fans know, our journey with Joe started out in New York, where we were introduced to his love interest Beck. Sadly, Beck's storyline met a pretty grim end, driving Joe to flee to Los Angeles under a new name, leaving Dr. Nicky framed for his crimes. With the news that Joe will return to NYC, and Penn hinting at the return of an old character - fan theories are beginning to run wild with who we may see return to the show - even including his mother.

One fan suggested: 'Peaches family is waiting for him. Love’s family will see he’s alive. Dr. Nicky will get his revenge. Marrianne will get her revenge. HE WILL FINALLY RUN INTO HIS MOTHER. ……', while another fan added: 'Cyclical - started in NYC and it’s gonna end that way?'. (sic)

Another fan even suggested: 'He will probably face his son next season', with another floating the idea that season one character Paco may return, writing: 'Paco is coming back too?'.

Are there any new cast members?

In true You fashion, there are indeed some new cast members joining the show for the upcoming season. Announced in March 2024, it was revealed that Pitch Perfect star Anna Camp will be joining the show - playing the role of twin sisters Reagan and Maddie Lockwood.

Also joining is Griffin Matthews, who will be playing another member of the Lockwood family, Teddy, as well as Madeline Brewer, who will play the role of Bronte. Get acquainted with the cast of Netflix's You right here.

It was just weeks after announcing season five that Netflix confirmed creepy Joe will be returning to New York City. Announcing the news, show bosses wrote: 'welcome (back) to New York, Joe. see you in S5.' (sic)

Weeks after Part Two of season four dropped on Netflix, the news that we will be getting one more season was confirmed. Sharing the news on Instagram, show bosses wrote: 'Goodbye... YOU. Joe Goldberg will return for the fifth and final season of YOU.'

Although fans were elated at the news, many also expressed their sadness at the popular show coming to an end. One wrote: 'ONCE IT ENDS IM GOING THROUGH THE STAGES OF GRIEF', with another adding: 'final season😪🥲how do you want me to survive, TELL ME😭😭😭'. (sic)

Check out these facts you didn't know about Netflix's You:

Penn Badgley very nearly turned down playing Joe

He was "conflicted" that the show would be problematic as the character was such an "awful person". Penn told Entertainment Weekly: "I didn't want to do it — it was too much. I was conflicted with the nature of the role. If this is a love story, what is it saying?

"And then what was key in me wanting to jump on board were my conversations with Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble, the creators, and understanding Joe's humanity.

"I knew that I would be conflicted about the role from day one till the last day, and that is why they thought I would be good for it, is that I'm not psyched to play somebody of this nature."

You didn't actually premiere on Netflix

Yep, creators Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble originally premiered the show on Lifetime in September 2018, however was dropped after the first season. Bet they're kicking themselves now - as the show was later picked up by Netflix, continuing as a Netflix Original title... And the rest is history!

A clue that the show wasn't always a Netflix original is the first episode's title - 'Pilot'.

You is based on books

The show is based on books by Caroline Kepnes - You (2014), Hidden Bodies (2016), You Love Me (2021) and the most recent For You and Only You (2023). Although we have a fifth and final season of the show, it doesn't look like there's any plans at the moment for another book.

Stephen King even praised the books, saying: "Totally original. Never read anything quite like it…Hypnotic and scary."

Penn wasn't the only one who nearly turned down a part in the show

Tati Gabrielle, who plays libarian Marienne Bellamy in series three initially turned the role down as her agent told her it was a 'mystery show'.

She told Marie Claire: "In September or October of last year I was in Spain shooting another project. I had fully intended, once I finished that project, to take a month off. But my agent said, 'They want you for this Greg Berlanti project.' I asked, 'What is it?' They couldn't tell me, so I said no."

She added: "Then I knew what it was. I said yes because I was a super big fan of the show."

They use a 'blood machine' for the gory scenes

All the gory blood is made of sugar that gets squirted out of a 'blood machine' in the particularly graphic scenes. A lot of effort goes into the gory scenes in the show, and with a whole lot of help from some prosthetics, it's fair to say the show has become renowned for it's rather audacious scenes.

Penn didn’t have many lines to learn for the show

Especially compared to the rest of the cast, Penn didn't have to memorise many lines at all - and that's because most of his dialogue was the infamous voiceover! Speaking to Jimmy Kimmel, Penn admitted that "80% of my lines, if not more are actually voiceovers". The actor then revealed that most days he would go to the set and hardly have any lines, and that he was just "looking".

It's fair to say that Penn was well practiced, as his first ever acting roles were for a radio station and Nintendo 64 video games when he was 10-years-old.

Show stars took safety courses... Safety first!

Elizabeth Lail, who played Beck in the first series, and Penn had to to attend an eight-hour safety course before they were allowed to film on the NYC subway tracks.

Penn feared he's make Joe too likeable

When filming every series, Penn was worried that he was making the character of Joe too likeable, especially as fans seemed to warm to him way too much... Considering he's a serial killer.

However, show creator Sara Gamble admitted that she thinks this is because audiences are wired to root for the love story.

She said: "If you just present a 'cute meet' in a bookstore, you're gonna want them to be together. If you see them together in the first scene, you're gonna want them to be together, even if you see what Joe is doing."

Two of the show's stars reportedly dated in real life

Despite all the gore and creepy obsessions, real-life love actually has come from You... Well, reportedly. Along with their complicated relationship on the show, it was reported that Victoria Pedretti was dating her co-star Dylan Arnold, who appears in season three as the flirty next door neighbour and college student Theo Engler.

Despite reports of the pair dating for a few months back in 2021, it appears they are no longer an 'item'.

Mooney's book store is a real shop

The facade of Mooney's bookstore, where Joe works in season one, is in fact a real life book shop! The signage above the door was kept fairly similar for the show, with the only real difference being the name.

The real shop is called Logos Bookstore, and sells Christian and religious books. Will we see Joe visit his old stomping ground in season five as he returns to NYC?

Season five was filmed in the same studios as Gossip Girl

That's right - season five returning to New York is an exciting move for more reasons than one. Firstly, it was of course where the whole story began, back at Mooney's bookstore in season one. On top of that, the city is also where Penn resides with his family.

But alas, to top it all off, the thriller returning to New York City is particularly poignant as not only is it where Gossip Girl was filmed - but the crew even filmed in the same studios. Penn told Netflix's Tudum: "Returning to the Mooney set on these stages was particularly poignant because this is where we shot Gossip Girl. And I hadn't really been back here except for one day of camera testing a long time ago."

Heading back to film on Stage B at Silvercup Studios, in Queens, Penn could reconnect with his iconic former role as Dan Humphrey in the hit show Gossip Girl, which was filmed between 2007 and 2012. Adding that returning to the stage was "definitely very interesting" on "several levels", he said: "It was creating new memories but with something that is already also quite iconic".

Season four of You was released in two parts, for the first time in the show's history. Part One of series four hit Netflix on 9th February 2023, with Part Two following one month after on 9th March.

Following Joe's trend of adopting a new alias as he moves to a new home (Will Bettelheim ring any bells?), season four saw him become Professor Jonathan Moore.

Despite trying to lead a simple life, Joe (or should we say, Jonathan) finds himself in a spot of bother, when his new friend winds up dead in his London apartment. Of course, Joe also has a new love-interest throughout the season, in the form of Kate Galvin.

You can watch You series one-four on Netflix now.

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